Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Global Citizen

  • "One who is aware of what's going on around him and tries to make a positive difference."
    -Atty. Ismael Khan, Supreme Court

  • "A global citizen is a national of any country."
    -UP Board of Regent Nelia Gonzales

  • "A person whose sense of community transcends the limits dictated by concepts such as statehood, nationalism, regionalism, and creed to embrace the world with all its pluralities of "smaller worlds", coupled by a sense of connectivity between the world as a giant organism and the irreplaceable role of each individual as part of this giant organism."
    -Prof. Jose Alain Austria, School of Multidisciplinary Studies, DLS-CSB

  • "Taong kumikilala, gumagalang, pinapahalagahan at pinoproteksyunan ang karapatang pantao ng lahat."
    -makabayang Senador Wigberto TaƱada

  • "A citizen who is in his mind is living in a borderless world."
    -Communicologist Carol Pulumbarit

  • "A person with national identity, but outreaches to other nation's people in common we-feeling or as in-group."
    -Sociologist Erle-Frayne Argonza

  • "We now live in a global village, especially with the onset of globalization.
    In many significant ways, every national is now a global citizen."
    -Ambassador Lauro Baja

DS 112 recorded speech (alternative theories and approaches)

Present a recorded 3-minute speech about your assigned topic. Situate it in the context of the Global South. Provide an appropriate title. P...